Organization theory : modern, symbolic, and postmodern perspectives - Hatch, Mary Jo.; Cunliffe, Ann L. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006)
Machine derived contents note: Brief Table Of Contents -- List of figures xxii -- List of tables xxiv -- PART 1 What is Organization Theory? 1 -- 1 Why Study Organization Theory? 3 -- 2 A Brief History of Organization Theory 25 -- PART 2 Core Concepts and Theories 61 -- 3 Organization and Environment 63 -- 4 Organizational Social Structure 101 -- 5 Technology 141 -- 6 Organizational Culture 175 -- 7 The Physical Structure of Organizations 221 -- 8 Organizational Power, Control and Conflict 251 -- PART 3 Practical Issues and New Directions in Organization Theory 293 -- 9 Theory in Practice 295 -- 10 New Directions in Organization Theory 325 -- Index 000 -- Detailed Contents -- List of figures xxii -- List of tables xxiv -- PART 1 What is Organization Theory? 1 -- 1 Why Study Organization Theory? 3 -- Theories and theorizing organizations 4 -- Concepts and abstraction in theory development 8 -- Multiple perspectives 10 -- Plan of the book 18 -- Summary 20 -- Key terms 21 -- Endnotes 21 -- References 22 -- 2 A Brief History of Organization Theory 25 -- Organization theory at its inception 26 -- Modernist influences on organization theory 36 -- Symbolic-interpretive influences 41 -- Some postmodern influences 47 -- Summary 55 -- Key terms 57 -- Endnotes 57 -- References 58 -- Further reading 60 -- PART 2 Core Concepts and Theories 61 -- 3 Organization and Environment 63 -- Defining the organizational environment 65 -- Modernist theories relating organizations to their environments 77 -- Symbolic-interpretive environmental analysis 85 -- Postmodernism and organization-environment relations 90 -- Summary 96 -- Key terms 98 -- Endnotes 98 -- References 99 -- Further reading 100 -- 4 Organizational Social Structure 101 -- Origins of the social structure concept 102 -- Modernist theories of organizational social structure 109 -- Symbolic-interpretive approaches 126 -- Postmodern approaches to social structure 131 -- Summary 134 -- Key terms 135 -- Endnotes 135 -- References 136 -- Further reading 138 -- 5 Technology 141 -- Modernist definitions and three typologies 142 -- Technology in the symbolic-interpretive perspective 153 -- Postmodernism and technology 156 -- Combining technology with social structure and environment 161 -- Summary 170 -- Key terms 170 -- Endnotes 171 -- References 171 -- Further reading 172 -- 6 Organizational Culture 175 -- What is organizational culture and how did it become part of organization theory? 178 -- Modernist approaches to organizational culture 181 -- Symbolic-interpretive organizational culture research 191 -- Postmodernism and organizational culture 202 -- Changing culture 207 -- Summary 213 -- Key terms 213 -- Endnotes 214 -- References 215 -- Further reading 218 -- 7 The Physical Structure of Organizations 221 -- Elements of physical structure 223 -- Linking technology, social and physical structure 232 -- Physical structure, organizational culture and identity 239 -- Summary 246 -- Key terms 246 -- Endnotes 246 -- References 247 -- Further reading 250 -- 8 Organizational Power, Control and Conflict 251 -- Modernist conceptions of power, politics and control 253 -- Critical studies of power and control 265 -- Feminist and postmodern conceptions of power and control 270 -- Organizational conflict in relation to environment, social structure, technology, culture, physical structure and power 279 -- Summary 287 -- Key terms 288 -- Endnotes 289 -- References 290 -- Further reading 292 -- PART 3 Practical Issues and New Directions in Organization Theory 293 -- 9 Theory in Practice 295 -- Organizational design 296 -- Organizational change 308 -- Organizational learning and knowledge management 313 -- Summary 322 -- Key terms 322 -- Endnotes 323 -- References 323 -- Further reading 324 -- 10 New Directions in Organization Theory 325 -- The paradigm wars, revisited 325 -- Critical realism 328 -- Complexity theory 330 -- Network theories of organizing 332 -- Organizational identity 335 -- The aesthetics of organizations and organizing 338 -- Summary 341 -- Key terms 341 -- Endnotes 341 -- References 342 -- Further reading 345 -- Index 000.
Previous ed. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Organizational sociology; Organizational behavior; Organization